03-12-2015, 03:31 PM
And on our beloved Beeb radio today we had an American professor, Scott Lucas, of Birmingham Uni, supporting Cameron's bullshit by stating that there really are over 70,000 fighters in Syria that will form the necessary "boots on the ground".
He included the Free Syrian Army - so that's five! - and also the Kurds, the approx, number of which is 60,000 with none having anything whatsoever to do with fighting ISIS. And when he wasn't haranguing the other guest on the show, he was pumping out the old evil Assad regime's responsibility for the Sarin gas attacks - even though Seymour Hersh has thoroughly debunked this as US propaganda.
It is now becoming evident that Cameron's figure of 70,000 is going to be his "dodgy dossier" moment. But I don't think he gives a toss anyway. He's retiring at the end of this Parliament, and doubtless he will join Tony Blair's pre-promised pension pot supplement and all round wallet trotting:
Daily Mail Online.
Blair (the poor dear only has $30 million) clearly wanted to join the ranks of another British prime minister, John Major who has $50 million. Whereas the old witch, Margaret Thatchler, had only a paltry $10 million, but she did live in suite at the swanky Ritz hotel in her last months, having moved from her Chester Square, Belgravia address (but owned offshore in the dodgy British Virgin Islands for inheritance tax evasion reasons) valued at £12 million, but actually sold for just over £4.16 million.
An old cynic like me actually thinks her wealth was also vastly understated (and possibly also hidden in the BVI?) because of all the stories that circulated in the wake of her signing the Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi where the kickbacks and payoffs were simply enormous -- and where her doting son got a very big pay cheque for 'doing' for "Mummy", er sorry, I mean paid a considerable "commission" for his extremely very hard work he undertook to ensure the deal was a success for the good of the country and everyone who sails in it! (Ed: where the fuck is my share then?)
He included the Free Syrian Army - so that's five! - and also the Kurds, the approx, number of which is 60,000 with none having anything whatsoever to do with fighting ISIS. And when he wasn't haranguing the other guest on the show, he was pumping out the old evil Assad regime's responsibility for the Sarin gas attacks - even though Seymour Hersh has thoroughly debunked this as US propaganda.
It is now becoming evident that Cameron's figure of 70,000 is going to be his "dodgy dossier" moment. But I don't think he gives a toss anyway. He's retiring at the end of this Parliament, and doubtless he will join Tony Blair's pre-promised pension pot supplement and all round wallet trotting:
Quote:Tony Blair: Why I need £5m every year just to get by
By JASON GROVES FOR THE DAILY MAIL and SAM GREENHILL FOR THE DAILY MAIL
UPDATED: 09:39, 31 March 2010
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Hefty sum: Tony Blair, who intervened in the election campaign yesterday, is thought to have a wage bill of over £5m
Tony Blair has told friends he needs to earn at least £5million a year just to break even.
The former prime minister has been heavily criticised for cashing in on his contacts for personal gain and is thought to have made around £20million since leaving office.
But last night his former election agent John Burton claimed Mr Blair needed the astonishing annual income - and possibly much more - to pay spiralling wage bills at his growing list of companies and charities.
![[Image: article-1262405-08EE9CC6000005DC-77_233x388.jpg]](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/03/30/article-1262405-08EE9CC6000005DC-77_233x388.jpg)
Daily Mail Online.
Blair (the poor dear only has $30 million) clearly wanted to join the ranks of another British prime minister, John Major who has $50 million. Whereas the old witch, Margaret Thatchler, had only a paltry $10 million, but she did live in suite at the swanky Ritz hotel in her last months, having moved from her Chester Square, Belgravia address (but owned offshore in the dodgy British Virgin Islands for inheritance tax evasion reasons) valued at £12 million, but actually sold for just over £4.16 million.
An old cynic like me actually thinks her wealth was also vastly understated (and possibly also hidden in the BVI?) because of all the stories that circulated in the wake of her signing the Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi where the kickbacks and payoffs were simply enormous -- and where her doting son got a very big pay cheque for 'doing' for "Mummy", er sorry, I mean paid a considerable "commission" for his extremely very hard work he undertook to ensure the deal was a success for the good of the country and everyone who sails in it! (Ed: where the fuck is my share then?)
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14